JPS6110171Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] This invention relates to automobile instruments, and in particular, to replace a speedometer that indicates the instantaneous speed of a car but does not have a section distance function with a speedometer that has a section distance function. Regarding automotive instruments suitable for.

In order to ensure safety, automobile instruments are required to be equipped with the aforementioned speedometers according to domestic safety standards. In addition to indicating the instantaneous speed of the vehicle, this speedometer also has a distance meter that indicates the safe driving distance of the vehicle, and a zone distance meter that has the function of measuring the distance of a zone. As is well known, this section distance meter has a function that can be reset at any time.

Recently, as automobile instruments have become more sophisticated, speedometers with three functions are often used, as mentioned above, but some lower-grade vehicles have only two functions, namely, a distance meter and a distance meter. There are automobile instruments that are equipped with speedometers that have no function.

Conventionally, such automobile instruments have been constructed as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. The front surface of the case 11 in which instruments are housed is covered with a front glass 12 made of transparent resin such as acrylic resin.
A shielding frame 13 is fixed to the case 11 behind the housing 2 and shielding unnecessary parts of the instruments inside the case 11 from the front. Inside the case 11, a speedometer 14 for indicating the instantaneous speed of the vehicle, a fuel gauge 15 for indicating the level of fuel in the fuel tank, and a thermometer 16 for indicating the temperature of the engine cooling water are arranged on the left and right. It is being A distance meter 17 is provided at the location of the speedometer 14 to indicate the total distance traveled by the vehicle. Case 11
Optical alarms 18 are arranged vertically on one side of the front of the vehicle to optically warn abnormalities in each part of the vehicle, and the optical alarms 18 are arbitrarily colored. It is electrically connected to a sensor (not shown), and lights up when an abnormality occurs, for example.
Display a pattern of any color.

Speedometer 14 without section odometer as described above
Users of automotive instruments that house
However, if you need the section distance meter function, please use the third option.
As shown in the figure, a knob 22 for replacing the speedometer 21 which has the function of a section distance meter 19 with a speedometer 14 which does not have the function of a section distance meter, and resetting the section distance meter 19 passes through it. Small hole 23 for
The front glass 12 will be replaced with the front glass 24 having the following. In this case, speedometer 14 and front glass 1 were replaced.
2 is no longer necessary, which is uneconomical, and two types of front glass must be prepared, resulting in poor productivity.
It's unreasonable.

In order to prevent this, a front glass 24 having a small hole 23 is attached to the case 11 in advance so that a speedometer 21 having a section distance meter can be attached as shown in FIG. A bushing 25 made of rubber or the like is fitted into the small hole 23 to prevent foreign objects from entering. When replacing the speedometer 21 with a section distance meter, the speedometer 21
It is also conceivable to prepare only one and remove the bushing 25 of the front glass 24. In this case, the rubber bushing 25 is required, the number of components increases, and the rubber bushing 25 becomes unnecessary even after replacement, which is uneconomical.

This invention was made in view of the above circumstances, and the purpose is to provide an automobile instrument in which a protruding piece is integrally provided on the shielding frame so that the small hole in the front glass is covered with the protruding piece. .

Hereinafter, one embodiment of this invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 5 to 8. In these figures, parts corresponding to those in FIGS. 1 to 4 are given the same symbols.

In this invention, a part of the shielding frame 13 is
As shown in FIG. 6, in this example, a protruding piece 26 is integrally formed near the small hole 23 and protrudes from the lower edge. As shown in FIG. 7, the protruding piece 26 protrudes rearward, but when assembled by bending it forward as shown by the arrow 27 and overlapping the front glass 24, the shielding frame 13 is formed of synthetic resin. The projecting piece 26 is elastically opposed to the back surface of the front glass 24 to close the small hole 23 and prevent dust from entering from outside. As shown in FIG. 7, when the protruding piece 26 is formed at a substantially right angle to the frame surface 28 of the shielding frame 13, the mold does not become very large.

Regarding the automobile instrument configured in this way,
If the user later requires a section odometer, prepare a speedometer 21 equipped with a section odometer 19 as shown in FIG. If you cut with
Through this, the reset knob 22 can be projected to the outside, and the speedometer can be simply replaced without using any other parts.

As mentioned above, according to this invention, there is no need to distinguish between front glasses in speedometers with or without a section odometer, in other words, at least one type of front glass is required for the same car model, and without using any other parts, it is possible to simply Since the classification is made depending on whether or not the protruding piece formed integrally with the shielding frame is removed, it is possible to construct an automobile instrument economically and easily.
Great practical effects can be obtained. This invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment; for example, a small hole for a time setting knob of a clock is formed in the front glass, and the small hole is closed with a protruding piece that is integrated with the shielding frame. If a watch or the like using an operating knob is housed, the protruding piece may be removed.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a front view of a conventional automobile instrument; Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line A-A in Fig. 1 of the main part of an automobile instrument without a section odometer; and Fig. 3 shows a section odometer. FIG. 4 is a sectional view of a main part of a conventional automobile instrument without a distance meter, and FIG. 5 is a front view showing an example of an automobile instrument according to this invention. , Figure 6 is B in Figure 5.
7 is a detailed sectional view of the shielding frame, and 8
The figure is a sectional view of a main part of an automobile meter of this invention having a section distance meter. 12: Front glass, 13: Shielding frame, 14: Speedometer without section distance meter, 19: Section distance meter, 21:
Speedometer with section distance meter, 22: Operation knob,
23: Small hole for operating knob insertion, 26: Projecting piece, 2
9: Connection part.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] Instruments are housed in a case, the front of the case is covered with a transparent front glass, and behind the front glass there is a shielding frame that shields unnecessary parts of the instruments inside the case from the outside. In the automobile instrument, in which a small hole is formed in the front glass through which an operating knob for the instrument is inserted, the shielding frame is made of a synthetic resin material, and the shielding frame is made of a synthetic resin material. For automobiles, a protruding piece is formed to protrude so that it can be rotated, and when the operation knob is not attached, the protruding piece closes the small hole and is elastically pressed against the front glass from the back side thereof. Instrument.